It really depends on where you live. In some states there's only a couple mitsubishi dealers that have them and they are all holding at a higher price. Seems like you got a good deal. In my case the only dealers around were offering MSRP or markup. I chose the one that had MSRP. If you can bargain them below MSRP that makes the FE an even better deal, but don't pay above it. At this point theres too much glut of evos on the market so you can always threaten to get a regular evo.

 

My assumption was that an FE could be had for MSRP. I know base GSR's can be had for ~32K. If you are able to getting an FE at invoice, then great. As for FE's being worth "several thousand more" down the road, time will tell.

 

That's what I'm thinking. The dealership wants nothing to do with it for liability reasons. However, they will let me do the swap.

Has anyone ever done the swap before?

 

Maybe call a local body shop. Certainly they have run into this issue when repairing a car that had a seat airbag deploy.

 

MR is superior! Coz basically FE is a 5mt MR without Recaro and BBS... bummer!

 

Ok, lets use some logic. The closest thing equipment wise to an FE is a Sight and Sound car, yes? Last I checked, the Sight and Sound was $2000 option over the base car. The FE has MR suspension and brakes, as well as sodium filled valves, more power and cosmetic changes. On top of that, its a limited edition. Why would you compare it to a base GSR? How will a FE not be worth several thousand more than a base GSR down the line?

 

That's a really good idea. I will give it a try.

There's no airbag actually in the seat though right?

 

great argument!! tell me more?

 

I wouldnt do it. Just get a 14 GSR.

Other than the Recaros, if you're remotely looking at the car as an investment then you have to keep it bone stock to try to find out IF the cars going to have more value than a normal edition.

To each his own but keeping it bone stock and driving a minimum to preserve its value seems to be the opposite of what this car was made for. Could just lease it.

 

I would be pretty confident that a moded FE will still hold its value better than a moded GSR so I don't think that's really an issue. Keeping it bone stock is only a consideration if you place the future value as top priority, which he hasn't indicated. I'm sure a lot of people will get a FE and mod it up.

 

I'm not sure if a FE will end up holding its value better than a regular GSR or not, but I agree with this. I recently bought a FE ( US0104 ), and never have any intentions of selling it, so the future value doesn't mean a ton to me ( I've wanted one for as long as I can remember, so this one isn't going anywhere ).

With that said, I can't decide if I'm going to eventually mod the car or not. This is the only Evo that I've ever owned, and because it is the "Final Edition", I almost feel like it would be "wrong" to mod it as it's basically a collector's item in my opinion ( plus, I'm not thrilled about voiding my warranties ).

On the flip side, I have a growing list of things that I'd like to do to it, so I'm a little torn. Between this, and the lack of the Recaro seats ( I know that I can get them, but then I'd want to reupholster them in FE colors, which is a lot of money just to get something that should have been in the car in the first place ), I almost wish that I didn't buy the FE ( which should NOT be how I feel after finally getting my realistic "dream car" ).

 

The lack of Recaros was something I considered when I bought my FE, and while I would have preferred to have them, it's not a deal breaker. At the end of the day they are seats. I'm not planning on going on the world rally tour so the functionality in reality is not that huge. It's more of a "look" thing, and I figured I am already getting a limited edition car with a special look to it. So yea it's a negative but I think it's a bit unecessary in the big picture to fixate that much on a pair of seats.

 

The USDM Evo X Recaro seats have airbags in them. Not sure about other markets, but I would assume they do as well.

 

Its not a question of whether it will be worth more. The question is, will the FE depreciate slow enough to offset its initially higher cost? Since I don't think reselling it for a profit is realistic.

If you are serious about cashing in down the road, then buy a used Evo and invest the money use save in your 401k.

 

I think selling it for profit is realistic many years from now. In the immediate future though, no it is not. If you are buying an FE it is realistically because you want to have in your possession a cool limited Evo that you can have fun with either for weekend cruising, shows or modding, and still be confident that it will hold its value better than a regular Evo. If that's what you want I think a few extra thousand to get a car with more factory bonuses is worth it. What you do with it is up to you. If you want to mod it up and tear it up, great. If you want to cruise, great. I doubt there are a lot of people out there buying this car just banking on the idea that they can sell it for a few thousand bucks more a couple years from now. Maybe dealers, and that's it.